New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he is truly elated with the overwhelming response to the auction of the mementoes he has received over the years and urged people to join in and place their bids. Replicas of the Sun Temple at Modhera and Vijay Stambh of Chittorgarh, Chamba rumal, Pattachitra, a…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a fresh broadside against Congress as he termed 2014 as not just a date but a ‘badlav’ (change) when people rejected outdated phones with frozen screens to choose a government that has transformed the landscape. Speaking at the India Mobile Congress here, Modi reeled out statistics…
Jammu/Srinagar: Security forces on Thursday killed five LeT terrorists making an infiltration bid across the LoC in Kupwara district and responded befittingly to unprovoked firing by the Pakistan Rangers along the International Border in Jammu, officials said. The ceasefire violation in the Arnia sector came hours after the joint operation by police and army along the…
New Delhi: The world has plunged into a “grave crisis” and is passing through “dangerous” times, veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi said on Thursday and exhorted people to take recourse to Indian philosophy for peace and prosperity. Joshi also expressed concern over the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and the Russia-Ukraine war, saying given the emerging…
Panaji: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said this year’s sports budget is three times more than the allocation made nine years ago and asserted India has a vast pool of sporting talent and is prepared to host the 2036 Olympic Games. He said India’s recent success in the world of sports is a huge…
Shirdi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said some people from Maharashtra only did politics in the name of farmers, comments aimed at Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder Sharad Pawar, who handled the agriculture portfolio during the UPA government. Modi said his government was committed to farmer welfare and pointed out that cultivators are now getting…
Bhopal: Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said on Thursday that his party and SP are in principle fighting together in the country over issues like unemployment, corruption and inflation and that their DNA for the Constitution and the nation is the same. Surjewala’s remarks came amid public discord between the Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) over…
New Delhi: The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict reaffirmed the significance of land warfare and the domain will remain “extremely important” in India’s case as well as for countries having contested borders, Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande said on Thursday. In an interactive session at an event, referring to the situation along the Line of Actual Control with…
Bengaluru: JD(S) state President H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday threatened to go on a fast until death if the Karnataka government decides to go-ahead with the proposal to rename Ramanagara district as ‘Bengaluru South’, claiming that he has emotional relationship with the district. The former Chief Minister has also accepted Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar’s…
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, on Thursday, supported the NCERT panel’s recommendation to replace “India” with “Bharat” in school textbooks. Speaking to reporters here, Khan pointed out that the name “India” was given by “others,” whereas “Bharat” was a name chosen by the people of the country. He said nobody has proposed making any…
